Isaiah 65:24
New International Version
Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.

New Living Translation
I will answer them before they even call to me. While they are still talking about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers!

English Standard Version
Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear.

Berean Standard Bible
Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

King James Bible
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

New King James Version
“It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will hear.

New American Standard Bible
It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will listen.

NASB 1995
“It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

NASB 1977
“It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

Legacy Standard Bible
And it will be that before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

Amplified Bible
It shall also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

Christian Standard Bible
Even before they call, I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will hear.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Even before they call, I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will hear.

American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And while they shall not call, I shall answer them, and before they will speak I shall hear them

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will hearken to them; while they are yet speaking, I will say, What is it?

Contemporary English Version
I will answer their prayers before they finish praying.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will hear; as they are yet speaking, I will hear.

English Revised Version
And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Before they call, I will answer. While they're still speaking, I will hear.

Good News Translation
Even before they finish praying to me, I will answer their prayers.

International Standard Version
Before they call, I will answer, while they are still speaking, I'll hear.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer, And while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Literal Standard Version
And it has come to pass, | They do not yet call, and I answer, | They are yet speaking, and I hear.

Majority Standard Bible
Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

New American Bible
Before they call, I will answer; while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

NET Bible
Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear.

New Revised Standard Version
Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear.

New Heart English Bible
It shall happen that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

World English Bible
It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, They do not yet call, and I answer, They are yet speaking, and I hear.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
A New Heavens and Earth
23They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD—they and their descendants with them. 24 Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear. 25The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.…

Cross References
Psalm 91:15
When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

Isaiah 30:19
O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.

Isaiah 41:17
The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Isaiah 55:6
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

Isaiah 58:9
Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,

Isaiah 59:1
Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.

Daniel 9:20
While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain--


Treasury of Scripture

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Isaiah 58:9
Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

Psalm 32:5
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Psalm 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

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Isaiah 65
1. The calling of the Gentiles,
2. and the rejection of the Jews, for their incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy
8. A remnant shall be saved
11. Judgments on the wicked, and blessings on the godly
17. The blessed state of the new Jerusalem














(24) Before they call . . .--In man's experience of men, often, as things are now, in his relations with God, there is an interval between prayer and the answer. In the new Jerusalem the two would be simultaneous, or the answer would anticipate the prayer.

Verse 24. - Before they call, I will answer. God is always "more ready to hear than we to pray." In the "new Jerusalem" he will be prompt to answer his people's prayers almost before they are uttered. It is involved in this, as Delitzsch notes, that the will of the people shall be in harmony with the will of Jehovah, and that their prayers will therefore be acceptable prayers.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Even before
טֶֽרֶם־ (ṭe·rem-)
Adverb
Strong's 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before

they call,
יִקְרָ֖אוּ (yiq·rā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

I
וַאֲנִ֣י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

will answer,
אֶעֱנֶ֑ה (’e·‘ĕ·neh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

and while they
הֵ֥ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

are still
ע֛וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

speaking,
מְדַבְּרִ֖ים (mə·ḏab·bə·rîm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

I
וַאֲנִ֥י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

will hear.
אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ (’eš·mā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently


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